9314.0 - Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Apr 2014

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APRIL KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)

Trend	29 233	24 319	19 036	5 784	9 814	1 498	949	1 425	92 058
Seasonally Adjusted	29 261	24 250	19 152	5 686	9 855	1 520	1 038	1 393	92 156
Change from previous month (%)

Trend	-0.5	-1.0	-0.2	-0.1	-	-1.1	1.5	-2.0	-0.5
Seasonally Adjusted	1.0	-2.7	2.5	-4.4	-0.1	2.0	17.9	-1.7	-
Change from previous year (%)

Trend	0.4	-4.5	-3.0	-1.7	-9.0	-8.3	-0.6	-5.1	-3.0
Seasonally Adjusted	1.6	-6.0	1.1	-4.5	-6.5	-2.8	14.6	-5.2	-1.9

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For more information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.

APRIL KEY POINTS

TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

Trend estimates: The April 2014 trend estimate (92 058) has decreased by 0.5% when compared with March 2014.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: The April 2014 seasonally adjusted estimate (92 156) has decreased by 2 units when compared with March 2014.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for April 2014 with March 2014, sales of Other and Passenger vehicles decreased by 1.3% and 0.8% respectively. Over the same period, Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.5%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for April 2014 with March 2014, sales of Other and Sports utility vehicles decreased by 1.7% and 0.3% respectively. Over the same period, sales of Passenger vehicles increased by 0.8%.

SALES BY STATE

Trend estimates: Seven of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing April 2014 with March 2014. The Australian Capital Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease (2.0%), followed by Tasmania (1.1%) and Victoria (1.0%). Over the same period, the Northern Territory was the only jurisdiction to record an increase of 1.5%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: Four of the eight states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing April 2014 with March 2014. The Northern Territory recorded the largest percentage increase (17.9%) followed by Queensland (2.5%) and Tasmania (2.0%).

NOTES

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for April 2014.

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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term

Footnote(s): Break in time series for trend between June and July 2000. See paragraph 13 of the Expanatory Notes.

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term-graph_update

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term-graph_update

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle by month

		Passenger vehicles	Sports utility vehicles	Other vehicles	Total vehicles	Change Passenger vehicles	Change Sports utility vehicles	Change Other vehicles	Change Total vehicles
		no.	no.	no.	no.	%	%	%	%
Trend

2013
	February	47 584	27 363	20 336	95 283	-1.1	1.1	-0.6	-0.4
	March	47 304	27 593	20 162	95 059	-0.6	0.8	-0.9	-0.2
	April	47 307	27 714	19 926	94 947	-	0.4	-1.2	-0.1
	May	47 442	27 705	19 658	94 806	0.3	-	-1.3	-0.1
	June	47 576	27 640	19 391	94 606	0.3	-0.2	-1.4	-0.2
	July	47 596	27 652	19 208	94 455	-	-	-0.9	-0.2
	August	47 508	27 731	19 142	94 380	-0.2	0.3	-0.3	-0.1
	September	47 434	27 796	19 148	94 378	-0.2	0.2	-	-
	October	47 333	27 828	19 189	94 350	-0.2	0.1	0.2	-
	November	47 113	27 873	19 253	94 240	-0.5	0.2	0.3	-0.1
	December	46 798	27 944	19 274	94 016	-0.7	0.3	0.1	-0.2
2014
	January	46 400	28 036	19 152	93 588	-0.8	0.3	-0.6	-0.5
	February	45 974	28 150	18 917	93 042	-0.9	0.4	-1.2	-0.6
	March	45 578	28 289	18 652	92 518	-0.9	0.5	-1.4	-0.6
	April	45 216	28 431	18 411	92 058	-0.8	0.5	-1.3	-0.5
Seasonally Adjusted

2013
	February	45 938	28 242	21 713	95 893	-0.7	-	3.1	0.3
	March	48 285	27 164	19 505	94 954	5.1	-3.8	-10.2	-1.0
	April	47 564	27 465	18 958	93 987	-1.5	1.1	-2.8	-1.0
	May	46 973	27 534	19 444	93 950	-1.2	0.2	2.6	-
	June	48 380	27 972	20 689	97 040	3.0	1.6	6.4	3.3
	July	47 013	27 343	19 280	93 636	-2.8	-2.2	-6.8	-3.5
	August	47 873	28 245	18 372	94 490	1.8	3.3	-4.7	0.9
	September	47 110	27 622	19 052	93 784	-1.6	-2.2	3.7	-0.7
	October	47 184	27 064	18 865	93 114	0.2	-2.0	-1.0	-0.7
	November	47 377	28 317	19 340	95 034	0.4	4.6	2.5	2.1
	December	47 231	28 806	20 355	96 392	-0.3	1.7	5.2	1.4
2014
	January	46 057	27 484	18 904	92 444	-2.5	-4.6	-7.1	-4.1
	February	46 373	27 358	18 716	92 447	0.7	-0.5	-1.0	-
	March	44 879	28 779	18 501	92 158	-3.2	5.2	-1.2	-0.3
	April	45 260	28 705	18 191	92 156	0.8	-0.3	-1.7	-
Original

2013
	February	43 338	26 834	20 046	90 218	3.3	0.8	19.0	5.6
	March	48 664	29 148	19 588	97 400	12.3	8.6	-2.3	8.0
	April	42 844	24 384	17 889	85 117	-12.0	-16.3	-8.7	-12.6
	May	46 774	29 152	20 862	96 788	9.2	19.6	16.6	13.7
	June	57 636	34 398	26 724	118 758	23.2	18.0	28.1	22.7
	July	46 318	25 568	18 349	90 235	-19.6	-25.7	-31.3	-24.0
	August	48 060	27 515	17 761	93 336	3.8	7.6	-3.2	3.4
	September	47 149	26 199	19 314	92 662	-1.9	-4.8	8.7	-0.7
	October	46 939	26 258	19 406	92 603	-0.4	0.2	0.5	-0.1
	November	49 089	28 889	18 946	96 924	4.6	10.0	-2.4	4.7
	December	47 686	28 543	20 527	96 756	-2.9	-1.2	8.3	-0.2
2014
	January	41 626	25 868	14 791	82 285	-12.7	-9.4	-27.9	-15.0
	February	43 651	25 867	17 300	86 818	4.9	-	17.0	5.5
	March	47 079	30 778	19 410	97 267	7.9	19.0	12.2	12.0
	April	39 027	25 350	16 333	80 710	-17.1	-17.6	-15.9	-17.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

New motor vehicle sales by state/territory of registration

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Trend

2013
	February	28 919	25 286	19 951	5 989	11 092	1 579	957	1 510	95 283
	March	28 975	25 361	19 763	5 944	10 949	1 607	952	1 507	95 059
	April	29 107	25 457	19 618	5 886	10 789	1 634	954	1 502	94 947
	May	29 237	25 512	19 505	5 826	10 628	1 647	961	1 490	94 806
	June	29 319	25 553	19 393	5 789	10 468	1 644	965	1 474	94 606
	July	29 363	25 644	19 272	5 789	10 328	1 632	966	1 460	94 455
	August	29 390	25 757	19 172	5 808	10 211	1 626	963	1 455	94 380
	September	29 459	25 820	19 123	5 824	10 108	1 626	955	1 464	94 378
	October	29 549	25 811	19 101	5 831	10 012	1 626	939	1 482	94 350
	November	29 625	25 706	19 099	5 833	9 935	1 619	922	1 500	94 240
	December	29 666	25 477	19 133	5 824	9 889	1 604	913	1 508	94 016
2014
	January	29 621	25 164	19 143	5 812	9 857	1 577	914	1 500	93 588
	February	29 507	24 838	19 116	5 801	9 832	1 545	922	1 480	93 042
	March	29 373	24 555	19 077	5 791	9 817	1 515	935	1 455	92 518
	April	29 233	24 319	19 036	5 784	9 814	1 498	949	1 425	92 058
Seasonally Adjusted

2013
	February	28 965	25 546	20 112	5 960	11 230	1 573	999	1 508	95 893
	March	29 152	24 426	20 338	5 740	11 109	1 682	975	1 532	94 954
	April	28 805	25 801	18 947	5 957	10 537	1 565	906	1 469	93 987
	May	28 914	25 545	19 111	5 743	10 506	1 668	974	1 490	93 950
	June	30 208	25 977	20 151	5 832	10 675	1 746	926	1 525	97 040
	July	28 952	25 414	19 051	5 739	10 382	1 645	1 021	1 431	93 636
	August	29 772	25 539	19 422	5 806	10 060	1 417	993	1 482	94 490
	September	29 173	25 644	18 979	5 854	10 105	1 715	916	1 397	93 784
	October	28 930	25 554	18 741	5 775	10 101	1 639	926	1 449	93 114
	November	29 693	26 591	18 888	6 002	9 744	1 646	932	1 537	95 034
	December	30 474	26 041	19 712	5 787	10 249	1 635	938	1 557	96 392
2014
	January	29 770	24 284	19 259	5 655	9 500	1 556	884	1 537	92 444
	February	29 246	24 509	19 060	5 829	9 896	1 524	915	1 466	92 447
	March	28 961	24 919	18 681	5 946	9 863	1 490	881	1 417	92 158
	April	29 261	24 250	19 152	5 686	9 855	1 520	1 038	1 393	92 156
Original

2013
	February	27 427	24 415	18 369	5 696	10 679	1 309	867	1 456	90 218
	March	29 928	25 360	21 135	5 680	11 145	1 564	1 075	1 513	97 400
	April	25 982	23 023	17 666	5 381	9 497	1 273	971	1 324	85 117
	May	29 707	26 226	20 221	5 761	10 610	1 597	1 132	1 534	96 788
	June	37 194	30 647	26 245	6 999	12 782	1 917	1 162	1 812	118 758
	July	27 789	24 584	18 618	5 485	9 848	1 466	1 049	1 396	90 235
	August	29 223	25 210	19 101	5 730	10 177	1 491	967	1 437	93 336
	September	28 702	25 430	18 498	5 847	10 153	1 835	852	1 345	92 662
	October	28 519	25 961	18 057	5 732	10 305	1 737	853	1 439	92 603
	November	30 496	27 547	18 381	6 216	9 815	1 984	904	1 581	96 924
	December	29 966	26 316	19 718	6 039	10 287	2 009	835	1 586	96 756
2014
	January	27 080	21 289	16 660	5 082	8 707	1 280	713	1 474	82 285
	February	27 585	23 411	17 367	5 567	9 427	1 263	791	1 407	86 818
	March	30 656	26 311	20 073	6 184	10 117	1 457	998	1 471	97 267
	April	25 625	21 108	17 041	4 897	8 604	1 182	1 070	1 183	80 710

(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For more information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.